Coffeepot

Description:

Circular, scalloped-body coffeepot engraved "AB" in script with a tall incurved neck, flat shoulder and double belly on a domed, circular pedestal base. Round-top, hinged lid has an ivory rosette knop with acorn finial. S-curve wood handle with crescent thumbrest is pinned into a spiral-scroll upper socket and cylindrical lower socket. S-curve spout has elongated D-shaped lip, faceted face and round belly. Body perforated at spout. Underside struck "6" for number of cups it holds. From a coffee- and teapot pair, DL*300417-300418.

Date Made: 1820 - 1840

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England

Subject: BeveragesCoffee DrinkingWomen

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Charlotte Ellis Danforth in memory of J. Lewis Ellis and Olive M. Ellis

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.300418Catalog Number: 300418Accession Number: 61510

Object Name: coffeepot

Physical Description: Britannia (overall material)ivory (knop material)pewter (overall material)wood (handle material)Measurements: overall: 9 3/4 in x 11 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 28.8925 cm x 16.51 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ef3e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300518

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